Here's the text the Microsoft-paid lobbyists didn't like:

28  ...(1) By July 1, 2009, the Agency for
29  Enterprise Information Technology shall develop a plan and a
30  business case analysis for the creation, exchange, and
31  maintenance of documents by state agencies in an open format

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   Florida Senate - 2007     PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
   Bill No. SB 1974
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1  that is capable of being:
2         (a)  Published without restrictions or royalties;
3         (b)  Fully and independently implemented by multiple
4  software providers on multiple platforms without any
5  intellectual property reservations for necessary technology;
6  and
7         (c)  Controlled by an open industry organization having
8  a well-defined inclusive process for evolution of the
9  standard.
10         (2)  Each state agency must be able to receive
11  electronic documents in an open, extensible markup
12  language-based file format for office applications and may not
13  change documents to a file format used by only one vendor.
14         (3)  The Agency for Enterprise Information Technology
15  shall develop rules for state agencies to follow in
16  determining whether existing electronic documents must be
17  converted to an open, extensible markup language-based file
18  format. In developing guidelines under this subsection, the
19  agency shall consider:
20         (a)  The cost of converting electronic documents;
21         (b)  The need for public access to the documents; and
22         (c)  The expected storage life of the documents.

SB 1974's overall intent was -- and still is -- to create "an Agency for Enterprise Information Technology within the Executive Office of the Governor."

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Source: Enterprise Linux.com